Author: gavin.king(a)jboss.com Date: 2010-01-07 14:08:13 -0500 (Thu, 07 Jan 2010) New Revision: 5394 Modified: doc/trunk/reference/en-US/beans.xml Log: bean types of EJBs Modified: doc/trunk/reference/en-US/beans.xml =================================================================== --- doc/trunk/reference/en-US/beans.xml 2010-01-07 18:21:11 UTC (rev 5393) +++ doc/trunk/reference/en-US/beans.xml 2010-01-07 19:08:13 UTC (rev 5394) @@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ <para> A bean type is a user-defined class or interface; a type that is client-visible. If the bean is an EJB - session bean, the bean type is the <literal>@Local</literal> interface or bean-class local view. A bean may - have multiple bean types. For example, the following bean has four bean types: + session bean, the bean type is the <literal>@Local</literal> interface or bean-class local view. A bean + may have multiple bean types. For example, the following bean has four bean types: </para> <programlisting role="JAVA"><![CDATA[public class BookShop @@ -144,8 +144,10 @@ <note> <para> - Most bean types you can probably figure out. One gotcha is primitive types. All primitive types are assumed - to be identical to their corresponding wrapper types in <literal>java.lang</literal>. + The bean types of a session bean include local interfaces and the bean class local view (if any). + EJB remote interfaces are not considered bean types of a session bean. You can't inject an EJB using + its remote interface unless you define a <emphasis>resource</emphasis>, which we'll meet in + <xref linkend="resources"/>. </para> </note> @@ -345,8 +347,8 @@ </section> - <!-- TODO the alternative section needs to be spruced up to support the text that comes in subsequent chapters. The - reader needs to feel confident than they would know how to create an alternative and enable it. --> + <!-- TODO the alternative section needs to be spruced up to support the text that comes in subsequent chapters. + The reader needs to feel confident than they would know how to create an alternative and enable it. --> <section> <title>Alternatives</title> @@ -701,6 +703,14 @@ </listitem> </itemizedlist> + <note> + <para> + Producer methods and fields may have a primitive bean type. For the purpose of resolving dependencies, + primitive types are considered to be identical to their corresponding wrapper types in + <literal>java.lang</literal>. + </para> + </note> + <para> If the producer method has method parameters, the container will look for a bean that satisfies the type and qualifiers of each parameter and pass it to the method automatically&#8212;another form of